Xin-Lin Gao, Ph.D.

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Xin-Lin Gao, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering 

Office Location: Embrey 301H

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Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (with a minor in Mathematics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 1998

  • M.Sc. Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 1997 

Biography

Dr. Xin-Lin Gao is currently a tenured full professor of mechanical engineering at SMU. He has also held tenured or tenure-track faculty positions at University of Texas-Dallas (UTD) (3 years), Texas A&M University (7 years), and Michigan Technological University (4 years). He has authored 160 journal papers, 3 book chapters, 157 conference publications, and 5 editorials. He has been an editor/guest editor of one book, proceedings of one conference, and five special journal issues. He was the co-editor for Handbook of Micro- and Nanomechanics (1206 pages). He has been a reviewer for 129 journals, 10 publishers and 14 funding organizations and has organized 35 symposia at major international conferences. He is currently an associate editor for Mechanics of Materials, CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, and Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics. He is also an editorial board member of Acta Mechanica, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, Scientific Reports and seven other journals.

His recent professional and university service includes serving as the Chair of the ASME Aerospace Division, the Chair of the Structures and Materials Technical Committee of ASME, the Chair of the Promotion & Tenure Committee of Lyle School of Engineering at SMU, and a member of the Executive Committee of the SMU Faculty Senate.

Honors and Awards

  • Gerald J. Ford Research Fellowship, SMU (May 2021)

  • Elected an ASME Fellow (Dec. 2010)

  • Visiting Professorship, University of Paris-East (May-June 2010)

  • 2002 AFOSR/NRC Summer Faculty Fellowship (May-August 2002)

     

 

Research

  • Solid and structural mechanics (beams, plates and shells)
  • Multiscale and multi-physics modeling of materials
  • Higher-order continuum theories, micro- and nano-mechanics
  • Metamaterials, nanocomposites, cellular and lattice materials
  • Traumatic brain injury, biomechanics
  • Impact mechanics, wave Propagation
  • Topology optimization, inverse design based on machine learning
  • Additive manufacturing

Recent Publications

  • Shaat, M., Gao, X.-L., Li, K. and Littlefield, A. G. (2023). New analytical model for thermomechanical responses of multi-layered structures with imperfect interfaces. Acta Mech. (published online on 08/30/2023) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-023-03659-3)

  • Gao, X.-L. (2023). Critical velocities of a two-layer composite tube incorporating the effects of transverse shear, rotary inertia and material anisotropy. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 74, 166-1~29.

  • Gad, A. I. and Gao, X.-L. (2023). An extended Hill’s lemma for non-Cauchy continua based on the modified couple stress and surface elasticity theories. Math. Mech. Solids 28, 1652–1670.

  • Li, Y. Q., Fan, H. L. and Gao, X.-L. (2022). Ballistic helmets: recent advances in materials, protection mechanisms, performance, and head injury mitigation. Compos. Part B 238, 109890-1~27.

  • Qu, Y. L., Guo, Z. W., Zhang, G. Y., Gao, X.-L. and Jin, F. (2022). A new model for circular cylindrical Kirchhoff-Love shells incorporating microstructure and flexoelectric effects. ASME J. Appl. Mech. 89, 121010-1~15.

Personal Website

https://people.smu.edu/xlgao